Localization is more than just a buzzword or a trend – it is how development should take place and how it will happen in the future. It essentially means providing local solutions to local problems. Less than 1% of global development assistance in 2018 reached local, community-based organizations. Entities such as Amplify Girls aim to […]
Mobility = Equality
On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2021, African Girls Can listened to a webinar on “Eliminating Barriers to Girls Education” hosted by World Bicycle Relief (WBR). Working in 15 countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America, WBR’s “bicycles give rural communities around the world access to education, healthcare, and jobs that were once out […]
Philanthropy Lesson
On August 20. 2020, African Girls Can listened to a conversation between Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, and Pam Norley, President of Fidelity Charitable, the largest donor advised fund program in the US. Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice issues, Fidelity customers have given $4.4 Billion to 130,000 charities in […]
It’s All in the Way You Frame Things
Define people by their assets, not their deficits. We can invest in assets. On February 19, 2020 (just before COVID-19 hit in the US and stopped us in our tracks), African Girls Can attended a workshop by the Communications Network regarding Asset Framing. It seemed so applicable to our work with schoolgirls from rural […]
